7432. Mishanslins   of  The   Crossman   Mixture.     XT.   S.     *      *     *     v.  3   Dozen
Bottles of The Crossman Mixture. Default decree of condemnation, 
forfeiture, and destruction. (F. & D. No. 10498. I. S. No. 2389-r. S. 
No.   W-399.)
On June 3, 1919, the United States attorney for the District of Oregon, acting 
upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the District Court of the 
United States for said district a libel for the seizure and condemnation of 3 
dozen bottles of The Crossman Mixture, remaining unsold in the original un- 
broken packages at Portland, Ore., alleging that the article had been shipped 
on July 10, 1918, by the Wright's Indian Vegetable Pill Co., New York, N. Y., 
and transported from the State of New York into the State of Oregon, and 
charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as run-ended, 
The article was labeled in part: (Wrapper) "The Crossman Mixture * * * 
A Remedy for Gonorrhoea and Gleet * * * is recommended by us as an ex- 
cellent remedy for Gonorrhoea and Gleet, and as of value in preventing attend- 
ing complications. * * *." (Bottle) " Recommended for the treatment of not 
only the active stages of simple Urethritis and Gonorrhoea, but especially of 
sub-acute and chronic conditions, as Gleet * * *." (Circular) "The Cross- 
man Mixture * * * is recommended as a reliable remedy in the treatment 
of Gonorrhoea, tending to prevent the complications above mentioned. The 
Crossman Mixture-for the Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Gleet    *    *    *."
Analysis of a sample made in the B.ureau of Chemistry of this department 
showed that the article consisted essentially of a mixture of volatile oils and 
oleoresin, including copaiba and cubebs, and alcohol.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libel for the reason 
that certain statements, borne on the wrappers and labels, and in the circulars 
accompanying the article, regarding the curative and therapeutic effects thereof 
and the ingredients and substances contained therein for the treatment of gonor- 
rhoea and gleet and preventing attending complications, and for urethritis, were 
false and fraudulent in that it contained no ingredients or combination of 
ingredients capable of producing the curative and therapeutic effects claimed 
for it.        
On August 20, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E.  D.  BALL, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.